I Like The Console War

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  • čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
  • Xbox versus PlayStation, Halo versus The Last of Us, Mario vs Luigi.
    It’s a fun time. For some. Some it’s not. For me, it kinda is. I’ll talk about it. Today. In this video. About video game consoles.
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Komentáře • 570

  • @madcat789
    @madcat789 Před rokem +863

    I was there.
    In the Sega US Battalion. I fought for three years, but we just couldn't stop them. Playstation destroyed our forticiations, Nintendo ravaged our men, my Dreamcast was hit by three DVDs before we were forced to halt and dig in. We lost Fatty, our PSO sniper. I managed to survive, we were picked up by Xbox and they helped to take us in as refugees.
    I remember those wars.
    They shall not be forgotten.

    • @fluffy_tail4365
      @fluffy_tail4365 Před rokem +80

      Our most prized exclusives were distributed between the winners....it still hurts!

    • @madcat789
      @madcat789 Před rokem +54

      @@fluffy_tail4365 They tore our carcass apart, and consumed our prized possessions. I hear some pockets remain, privately. But it's so hard to find them now.

    • @lumirairazbyte9697
      @lumirairazbyte9697 Před rokem +22

      And what Nintendo gave their fans after winning the war… did they just shutdown their Wii U and 3DS stores??

    • @madcat789
      @madcat789 Před rokem +19

      @@lumirairazbyte9697 Just a few days ago. If only things had been different, and mistakes unmade.

    • @ogjk
      @ogjk Před rokem +20

      As a fellow Sega refugee,well spoken.

  • @relaetsecyr
    @relaetsecyr Před rokem +308

    A useless war with no stakes. The best thing ever

    • @spartanx9293
      @spartanx9293 Před rokem +8

      With only all wars were like that

    • @danielwordsworth1843
      @danielwordsworth1843 Před rokem +9

      Now make everyone believe there are stakes and you have 1984

    • @MarioKartSuperCircuit
      @MarioKartSuperCircuit Před rokem +1

      Is Nintendo just neutral these days?

    • @greenoftreeblackofblue6625
      @greenoftreeblackofblue6625 Před rokem +8

      ​@@MarioKartSuperCircuitif you get a Xbox or a Playstation you're still probably going to get a switch. It was kinda just something you get like with the wii. Now the Steam Index is pretty big too so you might get that instead or maybe also have that and the switch.

    • @awesomeman8955
      @awesomeman8955 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@greenoftreeblackofblue6625why the fuck would you ever get more than one console at a time

  • @lavalord96
    @lavalord96 Před rokem +526

    I like it because in the beginning, it encouraged companies to make the best possible games/consoles with greater quality control.

    • @ORLY911
      @ORLY911 Před rokem +49

      Now it encourages raising the prices of games and subs by 10 dollars every couple years.

    • @kingdeedee
      @kingdeedee Před rokem +22

      @@ORLY911 tbh thats got more to do with inflation. There's a reason why Xbox bumped their standard game price even after putting on a fake consumer friendly act and saying they wouldn't despite Sony already having done it

    • @ORLY911
      @ORLY911 Před rokem +47

      @@kingdeedee So that means the prices will go down once inflation goes down too? yeah? Hm, somehow I don't think so lol.

    • @tardvandecluntproductions1278
      @tardvandecluntproductions1278 Před rokem +32

      That would require deflation, which never really happens.

    • @speed3414
      @speed3414 Před rokem

      @@kingdeedee inflation my ass, they just want to charge more, plain and simple

  • @chris7263
    @chris7263 Před rokem +258

    I realize this is from having been a gamer in the late 90s and early 2000s, but I always felt like the only real reason to prefer one console to another was because of which exclusive content you were into. I liked Zelda games so I was Nintendo, my friend was Playstation because she liked Final Fantasy. That was it. What else is supposed to matter.

    • @baraodascolinas979
      @baraodascolinas979 Před rokem +10

      - Graphics was (and Still is) also a factor. The PS1 stomped sega with 3D graphics, and I think sega x Nintendo mainly evolved from going 8 bits to 32 bits (?) each génération of consoles. But of course that is not absolute, because Xbox classic HAD way better graphics than PS2, but the latter had Much more exclusives and gigantic library with the rétrocompatibility

    • @Gnidel
      @Gnidel Před rokem +9

      Exactly - because if you valued anything else, you went with PC.

    • @GoldenSun3DS
      @GoldenSun3DS Před rokem +5

      ​@@Gnidel Yep. Once I had a job and gaming PC, I realized that a hacked/homebrewed console was just a shitty PC. The dream of a single console with all the exclusives? That's just a gaming PC.

    • @abotaccount6094
      @abotaccount6094 Před rokem +6

      The only reason to prefer one console over another is which console you friends have

    • @mrblooper1994
      @mrblooper1994 Před rokem +9

      @@abotaccount6094 that was the 360/ps3 time. Before then almost no one played online and it didn't matter as much

  • @benst3r628
    @benst3r628 Před rokem +39

    *"The console wars are not meant to be won. It was meant to be continuous."*
    - George Orwell, I think

  • @GetDaDrawsDawg
    @GetDaDrawsDawg Před rokem +237

    90s-00s console war commercials were crazy.

    • @WoolyNips
      @WoolyNips Před rokem +7

      I remember when the PlayStation was released. Talk about a toxic fan base lol

    • @drg19841
      @drg19841 Před rokem +2

      Yup me too. I was a big Sega fanboy and have a Saturn. It was painful watching new game releases slow to a trickle by 1998. But I wanted the Dreamcast for Christmas 99. Still have that too.

    • @lexecomplexe4083
      @lexecomplexe4083 Před rokem +3

      Sega does what Nintendo'nt

    • @The_MEMEphis
      @The_MEMEphis Před rokem +1

      ​@@WoolyNips lol Xbox was way worse when it came out

    • @ranchius
      @ranchius Před rokem

      ​@@The_MEMEphis What about the Sega Genesis fanboys? I didn't live back then, but I always got the impression they were incredibly toxic.

  • @justinweber4977
    @justinweber4977 Před rokem +141

    I still quote the old "Sega does what NintenDon't." add to my friend who usually just says
    "How's that working out for them?"

    • @vizthex
      @vizthex Před rokem +37

      eh, it still is imo.
      they don't get super pissy at their fans making fan content or shitposting about their IPs.
      and they don't overcharge you for terrible online services, lol.

    • @justinweber4977
      @justinweber4977 Před rokem +8

      @@vizthex Fair. Though at this point it's just us screwing around haha.
      Like me insisting that Cassette Tapes are set to make a comeback.

    • @woldemunster9244
      @woldemunster9244 Před rokem +8

      @@justinweber4977 I have a "big" SEGA game collection on Steam but no Nintendo. :/
      C-cassette has made a comeback already.

    • @mrblooper1994
      @mrblooper1994 Před rokem +9

      @@vizthex by IPs you just mean sonic. Try and mess around with streets of rage or Atlus stuff or Yakuza. You're hearing from their lawyers for sure

    • @lonewolfgames7779
      @lonewolfgames7779 Před rokem +3

      ​@@justinweber4977 because THEY are

  • @GunnGuardian
    @GunnGuardian Před rokem +218

    I think the Console war is so endearing because it's mostly harmless at the end of the day (at least for the people who don't take it too seriously), nobody is getting hurt because people are ripping into Sony's press conference more. It's all the fun of drama without the consequences.

    • @bosssnurp5912
      @bosssnurp5912 Před rokem +3

      No but really playstation is better Xbox’s design and UI have stayed the same since 2015

    • @bosssnurp5912
      @bosssnurp5912 Před rokem

      @@chaosknight3605 Not really, maybe at a functional level but they look visually distinct unlike xbox one vs xbox series s/x UI and overall appearance

    • @bosssnurp5912
      @bosssnurp5912 Před rokem

      @@chaosknight3605 Tired of seeing your opinion or my own? Somewhat confused by the wording there.

    • @bosssnurp5912
      @bosssnurp5912 Před rokem

      @@chaosknight3605 Okay.

  • @waterbears9874
    @waterbears9874 Před rokem +46

    I used to think console wars were petty and I used to be glad people weren’t like that (mostly) anymore, but the world is so much less fun without grown men fighting and showing their passion for their favorite console tbh

    • @speed3414
      @speed3414 Před rokem +8

      favorite plastic box*

    • @Matty002
      @Matty002 Před rokem

      ​@@speed3414 more like ~the cloud~ lol

  • @GetDaDrawsDawg
    @GetDaDrawsDawg Před rokem +62

    Console wars ended for me when the suits kept calling gamers "consumers"

    • @MrDeathmaster131
      @MrDeathmaster131 Před rokem +13

      They are tho.

    • @computerfri3nd
      @computerfri3nd Před rokem +9

      I mean they are though, what do you want them to call them "games inthusiasts"

    • @Valoric
      @Valoric Před rokem +9

      @@computerfri3nd how about customers instead of something derogatory like every single other normal business? Would you prefer to be called a consumer when you go to Starbucks?

    • @abotaccount6094
      @abotaccount6094 Před rokem +5

      ​@@Valoric words hurt but the meaning behind them doesnt? You are a consumer no matter what you call yourself

    • @Valoric
      @Valoric Před rokem +14

      @@abotaccount6094 Consumer is what condescending people call their chattel to dehumanize them. Customers deserve respect. No one except the few in the world who truly cannot create. You cook food. You create. Consumer should be reserved for the lowest of the low in society. Not broad swaths as if to belittle almost all of mankind as scum beneath your masters feet.
      The only reason I'm drawing the distinction is because mindset matters. Believing or accepting you're a consumer is even worse than the pricks who call everyone that.

  • @trygveplaustrum4634
    @trygveplaustrum4634 Před rokem +12

    "You're basically telling everybody, 'I'm willing to have an argument right now.'"
    *I'm going to stow that line for later; thanks!*

  • @WayOutGaming
    @WayOutGaming Před rokem +63

    To be fair, I think it's because in the grand scheme of things Xbox and Playstation are too similar in offerings. Basically all major publishers publish for both, and neither Sony or Microsoft have a ton of exclusive IPs like Nintendo. Sega was marketedly different from Nintendo, and even games released for both systems could be completely different games. Nowadays you pick Xbox or Playstation based on whether you like game pass or PS... Pass... Or whatever the heck it's called

    • @drg19841
      @drg19841 Před rokem +24

      Exactly. Their both based around AMD apus, 90% of the games are coming to both consoles and PC, it's really not that big of difference anymore. During the PS1/N64/Dreamcast overlap there was often a huge difference in quality between the systems. Now? Basically nothing.

    • @csabaszabo6859
      @csabaszabo6859 Před rokem +2

      I'm pretty sure the consol war will eventualy gonna die because of this.

    • @WayOutGaming
      @WayOutGaming Před rokem +12

      Honestly most of the "serious" arguments around Xbox vs. Sony comes down to which company you prefer anyways. So it's not really a console war but a corporate war

    • @darrenmacqueen9884
      @darrenmacqueen9884 Před rokem +6

      Game Pass is better than Playstation Plus from what I hear, but I still buy Playstation because I prefer their first party games over Xbox's. That's really all there is to it for the most part. The console war is a silly argument. It's like arguing over what the best pizza place in town is. Which I have actually seen people argue about, but we really shouldn't.

    • @CarbyGuuGuu
      @CarbyGuuGuu Před rokem +2

      Exactly, the Switch still has better exclusives than PlayStation or Xbox. I bought an Xbox Series S because it was what I could afford at the moment and simply to play any multiplatform releases that will either never make it to Switch or get a cloud version (screw that).
      There are only a handful of PS5 exclusives that appeal to me like Ratchet & Clank, while Xbox is… well… Hi-Fi Rush.
      Both platforms struggle to have the same iconic library the had in previous generations because they’re simply chasing fads. PS with “cinematic” experiences, and Xbox with live-service games.
      Hi-Fi Rush is a good start, but much of the other Xbox exclusives wish they had that amount of love and effort. Redfall used to be my most hyped release but is now looking like a mixed bag after recent previews.
      MS is too busy burning money on AI to even care…

  • @ihavetowait90daystochangem67

    I miss Company Rivalries like Marvel vs DC because it’s shows both products are good that they develop cult fanbases, now it’s just all repetitive garbage

    • @Oldass_Deadass_dumbass_channel
      @Oldass_Deadass_dumbass_channel Před rokem +1

      I'm not a comic fan whatsoever, but haven't comics kinda always been repetitive? I didn't know that was a new thing lmao

    • @SuperSteve152
      @SuperSteve152 Před rokem

      ​@@Oldass_Deadass_dumbass_channel wash your mouth out with soap. Comics used to be a cornerstone of pop culture.

    • @leonconnelly5303
      @leonconnelly5303 Před rokem

      Comic fans like both lol, it's only people who only the watch the movies that argue about that cause writers and illustrators write for both all the time.

  • @kcadventures1454
    @kcadventures1454 Před rokem +18

    I try to tell people all the time that competition is a good thing! You dont want just one console to have a monopoly on the industry.

    • @valletas
      @valletas Před rokem +1

      Yeah look at how nintendo is doing
      Switch is shit durability wise and since they dont really have any real competition on the handheld market now their next console will probably be the same
      And i say that as someone who owns a switch

  • @thedeafeningdunce
    @thedeafeningdunce Před rokem +4

    1:35 Well, not in the streets, but it certainly divided me and my friend to a violent level when we were in middle school.

  • @thehumanian634
    @thehumanian634 Před rokem +10

    I still barely sleep after the bombing of the Xbox one, all those dreams ended in the blink of an eye. I served in the halo brigade but only a few made it to the other end of 5

  • @Nerdtendo6366
    @Nerdtendo6366 Před rokem +54

    The Chad Warden reference didn’t go unnoticed

  • @thecluckster3908
    @thecluckster3908 Před rokem +10

    I feel like the reason the console war happens is because people want to feel like they picked the better option, and so they argue about it to validate that.

  • @WarlockX4
    @WarlockX4 Před rokem +14

    It's good to have healthy competition. It makes you want to strive to be better. If it was just one company we would be stuck playing whatever garbage they regurgitate.

  • @quesodebrooklyn
    @quesodebrooklyn Před rokem +17

    I liked console wars because thanks to them i met one of my best friends ever,he was a Xbox fan and i was a Playstation one
    I remember telling him about bloodborne being exclusive and him having all Halo for himself when we were around 12yo
    I love this dude and we are still on different consoles

    • @JohnnyVee007
      @JohnnyVee007 Před rokem

      what's it like being a Playstation one??

    • @quesodebrooklyn
      @quesodebrooklyn Před rokem +1

      @@JohnnyVee007 i like it,it feels cozy 😭

    • @applehazeva2739
      @applehazeva2739 Před rokem

      I honestly like the diversity in console tastes upon my friends
      My best one is all Xbox
      My second best one is an Playstation Guy
      I'm the PC and Steam Deck Guy
      My most other friends own some sort of Nintendo Switch
      Crossplay is the best thing out of 8th and 9th Gen

  • @lumirairazbyte9697
    @lumirairazbyte9697 Před rokem +13

    The modern console wars SAVED us from the always-online requirement of Xbox One and the PS3 store shutdowns.
    Meanwhile Nintendo, chilling in the background, just shut down their Wii U and 3DS stores, charging money from a poorly Online service and delisting iconic games. And they gets away with it, now that their competitor was long time gone (SEGA).

    • @baraodascolinas979
      @baraodascolinas979 Před rokem

      Hopefully Steam deck Will be the New competitor in the portable console, and the chinese Open consoles too (ambernic, etc)

    • @NrettG
      @NrettG Před rokem +1

      @@baraodascolinas979 As long as Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon stay with Nintendo, they'll never go away. Steam deck and the open pc handhelds have loads of advantages and are leagues ahead of whatever nintendo hardware puts out.
      But if you try to tell a parent a step beyond "buying the game cartridge" to get those games on a steam deck their not going to listen because it's "much harder".

    • @baraodascolinas979
      @baraodascolinas979 Před rokem

      @@NrettG that is true, but even nintendo is not invulnerable. They trashed my country (Brazil) : They took out the official store, And charge Full price for Games on digital stores in foreign currencies, and still do not make subtitles or dubbings. Result : Only young adults play Nintendo Now, and vast majority pirate their consoles and games. Kids are playing Minecraft, other games. Nintendo is past in Brasil therefore.
      If Steam Goes and Say, create a separate store front (Steam Kids ?), with select good quality and kid friendly Games, and charges their prices, and switch emulation continues perfecting, people Will slowly Switch to steam and pirate Nintendo too.

  • @fluffy_tail4365
    @fluffy_tail4365 Před rokem +14

    Consoles wars used to be a little more meaningsul when companies had different strategies, gamefeel and looks...nowdays they are a bit too box-like to make it worthwile

  • @drg19841
    @drg19841 Před rokem +10

    The console wars go back even before the Sega - Nintendo era. Before the video game crash of 1983 there were 3 main players. Atari, Coleco and Intellivision. However before it could get really bad the videogame market killed public perception of gaming. Atari got sold off, Coleco went bankrupt and Mattel who owned Intellivision sold off that section of the company.

  • @Matty002
    @Matty002 Před rokem +4

    these corporations make so much money off us. the 'wars' couldve been used to make them give us good games and treat and pay the developers properly but instead we have crunch incentivization for social media presence because investors

  • @andrewmorgan6734
    @andrewmorgan6734 Před rokem +6

    For years I was a ride or die Nintendo Kid. I never took the console wars too serious, it was no more than a mere novelty to me. My friends often criticize me for playing consoles over a PC. I am console collector, I have played and collected various consoles spanning over the past 40 years. I find more fun experiencing and comparing those various consoles and their libraries from various eras with other collectors.

    • @TcLeviathon
      @TcLeviathon Před rokem

      same here. was a die hard xbox kid now i own every console that’s come out since 96 from the major 3. it’s fun to learn the history of this stuff. and i like hearing what others have to say. brings it charm!

  • @gt-j1035
    @gt-j1035 Před rokem +9

    I love the analogy with "Age of Empires" since I am literally that guy (a history buff who prefers top-down real time strategy games over whatever tf Naughty Dog is doing) :)

    • @mutavhello6654
      @mutavhello6654 Před rokem +3

      If you're a history buff then name everything that's happened in history.

    • @bigboiariel
      @bigboiariel Před rokem

      ​@@mutavhello6654 it all started 13.8 billion years ago, when your mother was born.

    • @gt-j1035
      @gt-j1035 Před rokem

      @@mutavhello6654 czcams.com/video/xuCn8ux2gbs/video.html

  • @thismakesnosense
    @thismakesnosense Před rokem +7

    "What about all the good things war has done for us? Why don't we ever hear speeches about that? Jobs, technology, a common purpose... All we're sayin' is... GIVE WAR A CHANCE!"
    - Sundowner

  • @zechariahkelly9763
    @zechariahkelly9763 Před 3 měsíci +2

    For one, the console wars are kinda petty at times, but it keeps the companies from doing whatever they want

  • @KennyFrierson
    @KennyFrierson Před rokem +28

    This might be the most out of left field take. I think the newer wars are less wars than console boxing matches.

  • @knightwolf1363
    @knightwolf1363 Před rokem +21

    Growing up during the 2010s it was actually cool as shit seeing different game company’s doing different things I remember putting the PS4 above the Xbox since it had a whole Vr side that was actually awesome tbh but beyond that I’m with you! I love console wars I think people will work harder and strives to be competitive against other game company’s

    • @Speckadactyl
      @Speckadactyl Před rokem +2

      I was in middle/high school during the 7th gen. I was a PlayStation household and was in a class full of Xbox families, I defended the PS3 and cell architecture to death. Funnily enough I ditched Sony this generation, GamePass is too good of a deal to pass up and the pansy ass PS+ service is nowhere near a competitor

    • @internettraveler8666
      @internettraveler8666 Před rokem

      @@Speckadactyl but gamepass is on pc and playstation exclusives are on pc

    • @Speckadactyl
      @Speckadactyl Před rokem +1

      @@internettraveler8666 thanks captain obvious, I and millions of other console gamers don’t play PC

  • @windmonkey95
    @windmonkey95 Před rokem +6

    If you stacked the charts tracking the popularity of the console wars and the player satisfaction with games coming out (on either side) I guarantee they'd be nearly identical. Companies will ONLY put in effort to make worthwhile products if there is someone else making a better version of that product threatening to take their customer base away.

  • @atimholt
    @atimholt Před rokem +6

    I've been a PC gamer all my life, with forays into Nintendo on occasion (DS, Wii, Switch), but I still hold mild interest in hearing about this stuff from a distance.

    • @CaH6633
      @CaH6633 Před rokem +3

      If you have a PC and a Nintendo console you probably have access to everything you're gonna wanna play anyway lol

    • @atimholt
      @atimholt Před rokem +1

      @@CaH6633 Exactly.

  • @The_Arcadian
    @The_Arcadian Před rokem +4

    As someone who plays all consoles and pc I still enjoy the war from the sidelines. It fuels competition and that helps with keeping quality up. Nintendo’s refusal to participate in the wars is probably a factor in why their games run like dirt. Like I love Nintendo games but the switch fps issue is ruining the experience for a lotta games.

  • @raptorskilltor4554
    @raptorskilltor4554 Před rokem +12

    When gaming companies pit fan bases together for maximum profits and gains

  • @_Devil
    @_Devil Před rokem +51

    The console wars are a relic of the past but the past is looking more and more desirable as I get older, so I think they should stay around lmao. I loathe Tribalism and Consumerism immensely but I still think it's funny watching the Cavemen bicker amongst themselves. For me, the best part is watching both sides brag about their exclusives, and then watching those exclusives all get ported to PC anyways. Granted for PlayStation I have to wait a couple years to get their games but eventually is better than never imo

    • @tacosunbirth
      @tacosunbirth Před rokem

      "The Cavemen bicker amongst themselves" get off your high horse, dude, it's fuckin' video games lol

    • @vizthex
      @vizthex Před rokem +4

      but still no bloodborne after 8 years :c

  • @MrOmegabrian
    @MrOmegabrian Před rokem +6

    The kid who lived across the street from me always puffed his chest out about how much better his Intellivision was than my 2600. 😅

  • @moosevelt9148
    @moosevelt9148 Před rokem

    There's a pretty good episode of the Final Bosman about who loses in a console war that would be a good follow up to this vid. Overall, well written and editted vid!

  • @CurtTheHero
    @CurtTheHero Před rokem +12

    It is kinda fun to watch ppl argue about something so insignificant

    • @Quasi_Terrible
      @Quasi_Terrible Před rokem

      That sounds like something an LG Refrigeridiot would say.... Go knock on your stupid French door ya LGayer!

    • @brotherbill919four
      @brotherbill919four Před měsícem

      Same and it's 2024! 😂

  • @mateo_roberto
    @mateo_roberto Před rokem +1

    The System Wars board on the Gamespot forums was awesome. It was the best place to find fresh game info at the time because everyone was trying to dunk on each other.

  • @meh23p
    @meh23p Před rokem +1

    2:09 Oh god I remember people arguing over Nokia vs Ericsson back in the day... And back then, it was only Ericsson.

  • @dogkingify
    @dogkingify Před rokem

    My man, amazing video! I've never heard of you before, but I'm a fan now!

  • @HeSoDrizzy
    @HeSoDrizzy Před rokem

    This was a wonderful video and your opinion is a good different perspective to really think about

  • @Godzilla00X
    @Godzilla00X Před rokem +3

    And here I am struggling to beat the gameboy Zelda games

  • @Dzztzt
    @Dzztzt Před 11 měsíci +1

    The only console war we should focus on are the people who play video games vs those that don't and those that don't are pretty weird

  • @liamcollinson5695
    @liamcollinson5695 Před rokem +3

    I hope the console wars end it's fun for kids in high school but once you become a adult it's just pathetic. it also stops more games been cross platform

  • @trygveplaustrum4634
    @trygveplaustrum4634 Před rokem +3

    *Xbox, Switch, and PlayStation pause their fighting to survey the new challenger.*
    *OUYA emerges from the mist!*

    • @yoshimasterleader
      @yoshimasterleader Před rokem +1

      Don't you mean OUYA emerges from the grave? Besides the Steam Deck and all the other new gaming handhelds is making a lot of noise now.

  • @soundrogue4472
    @soundrogue4472 Před 10 měsíci +1

    5:31 I mean it's like arguing who's stronger between Goku and Superman then someone comes in and says "God" I mean sure true but that's not the subject at hand.

  • @dainess2919
    @dainess2919 Před rokem +1

    The sports as business thing is a mostly USA phenomena, in many places teams are clubs, non-profit associations (well at least in theory)

  • @phillipblanc4846
    @phillipblanc4846 Před 10 měsíci +1

    The console wars are not meant to be won. They are meant to be continuous- George Orwell

  • @existentialselkath1264
    @existentialselkath1264 Před rokem +3

    Companies competing is almost always good. Fanboys however, are not. Loyal customers that don't judge products on their own merits actively damage competition.

  • @trygveplaustrum4634
    @trygveplaustrum4634 Před rokem +1

    13:08 *Vermin Supreme!*
    Huzzah for the Supreme Overlord!

  • @afterdinnercreations936
    @afterdinnercreations936 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Then there's me, in my bunker with my laptop and Switch.

  • @rocko7711
    @rocko7711 Před rokem +1

    Love your content Tyler

  • @jkitty542
    @jkitty542 Před 10 měsíci +1

    1:40 love the wkuk clip

  • @henryfleischer404
    @henryfleischer404 Před rokem +1

    At the "OSU is doing great this year" I thought the guy was talking about the game OSU. And that they just assumed everyone cared about it, even people at a random bar.

  • @franciscoc905
    @franciscoc905 Před rokem +3

    First Bought a ps2, got a Xbox 360, eventually got all 8th gen consoles and now I have a PC.
    There’s was no going back after playing shooters with a Mouse and Keyboard.’

  • @maxy073
    @maxy073 Před rokem +4

    Sometimes, I feel ashamed for being a part of the gaming community. Just bec I bought X instead of Y, and somehow that’s a personal attack on them. Most of them, just compare pointless numbers to each others…

  • @Toby_Kat
    @Toby_Kat Před rokem +1

    As long as competition continues to exist between the actual companies and both products keep improving for us, the players, then whatever :3

  • @darrenmacqueen9884
    @darrenmacqueen9884 Před rokem +2

    I hate the console war. I play on Nintendo and Sony consoles and never owned a Microsoft console purely because the Sony and Nintendo exclusives have always looked more interesting to me. Because of that, I don't really follow what Microsoft is doing and almost never even bring them up when I'm talking about video games. I don't praise nor criticize them. Nintendo and Sony, however, I both praise and criticize when they make decisions. And I hate that every time I criticize a bad decision from Nintendo or Sony I get labeled a hater. I'm forced to clarify just how much I'm actually a fan of them, and that's exactly why I care when they do something wrong. I don't care what Microsoft is doing because I'm not a fan of them.

  • @Tguin
    @Tguin Před 6 měsíci +1

    I absolutely love console wars. I see it as they wouldn't be publishing great games if it wouldn't be a challenge to have customers buying their products.

  • @Rangadus
    @Rangadus Před rokem +1

    i just have a feeling it’s an intresting little thing for gamers to argue about, but some people take it too seriously

  • @Wicked_Knight
    @Wicked_Knight Před 10 měsíci +1

    The thing I dislike about this war is when someone from one console group goes out of their way to talk in a group for the other console and constantly reply to every post, saying the experience is better on their preferred console. It just strengthens a person dislike for that other console. That and the people who say "oh you're a x/p fanboy", I own all 3 major gaming consoles and a PC. Verity is nice to have.
    Personally, I just love games, I don't really care which box I'm playing on as long as the game is good.
    People don't realize that they really shouldn't want their console to be the #1 console because a platform with no competition is a monopoly, and the Antitrust Act forbids such practices.

  • @YeahRightMCD
    @YeahRightMCD Před 10 měsíci +1

    Xbox One and the violent murder of Master Cheif kinda put the nail in the coffin.

  • @michaele1654
    @michaele1654 Před rokem +3

    Speaking of how console wars have rules, I have rules for discussing PCs compared to consoles. It has to be a prebuilt PC that costs the same price as the mainstream consoles. If I were to buy a $500 prebuilt Gaming Desktop from Lenovo or Dell or whatever, could it outperform a PS5 and Series X? I doubt it. The benefit to consoles is that there's very little set-up required-- you plug it in, hit the power button, and it works. So comparing a $500 game console that you bought at Walmart to a $2500 PC that you built in your garage? That's ridiculous and unfair. But comparing a $500 game console that is sold in Aisle 7 of your local Best Buy to a $500 desktop that is sold in aisle 10 of your local Best Buy? That's a fair-ish comparison (I mean, game consoles don't usually have word processing or email, while the Desktop is a multipurpose device so it's still apples to oranges, but it's the fairest comparison possible).

  • @potatodadave
    @potatodadave Před rokem +13

    It's hilarious to me how Nintendo is the Saitama of gaming companies, no one pits Nintendo against another company because it's boring to watch the same outcome over and over again.

    • @drg19841
      @drg19841 Před rokem +5

      You clearly don't remember the GameCube or Wii U eras. Especially during the Wii U era Nintendo was in danger of going bankrupt.

    • @potatodadave
      @potatodadave Před rokem +3

      @@drg19841 you are right, I was just using the consoles and never really started using social media aside of funny animal youtube videos

    • @RaginDragn24
      @RaginDragn24 Před rokem +1

      I dont think nintendo is above xbox or playstation at all. All 3 have plenty of issues

    • @methos4866
      @methos4866 Před 9 měsíci

      Nintendo has plenty of issues. Things like the stick drift in the Joycons which they have refused to fix which i think is by design at this point because they are making bank off of selling new ones. Or the fact that the system just doesn't have good enough performance anymore. I've seen a lot of games that struggle to even hit a stable framerate at 30fps and resolutions drop even harder. But man BotW and TotK are great games.

  • @Oldass_Deadass_dumbass_channel

    The console war will never end, it saves companies too much money with free advertising, and cultivates a loyal fan base
    *Insert comparison to the military industrial complex here*

    • @PaulSpades
      @PaulSpades Před rokem +1

      Well, like the video-man/cat-in-a-pool said, it also keeps them in check. Sometimes.

    • @brandonnguyen6718
      @brandonnguyen6718 Před rokem +2

      It is called the console war after all.

  • @mackinblack
    @mackinblack Před rokem +8

    Competition breeds creativity and innovation.

  • @admiralrimmer
    @admiralrimmer Před rokem +2

    14:00 Kirk vs Picard is a pointless exercise after Patrick Stewart destroyed the character of Picard in his own series. Also Sisko is best captain.

  • @heinzie5
    @heinzie5 Před rokem +10

    This is the only channel i follow now that has current gaming stuff. I mostly play cities skylines and project zomboid on a PC i built in 2012 and I last switched my PS3 on about 4 years ago to play Final Fantasy 7. Sounds like it all degenerated.

    • @colemantrebor1610
      @colemantrebor1610 Před rokem

      I’d say it hasn’t changed at all

    • @Spoonishpls
      @Spoonishpls Před rokem

      Great taste. You ever watch AmbiguousAmphibian? He plays those a lot and is hilarious

  • @aprieur98
    @aprieur98 Před rokem

    Does anyone know if like a discord or a community of people who talk about gaming news and trends? All my friends are just casuals and don't follow any sort of news so I'm mostly just serving information with no real conversation about it just a "that's cool"

  • @Stooch
    @Stooch Před 8 měsíci +1

    king of the hill is awsome and i love to see it being used

  • @jarod2833
    @jarod2833 Před rokem

    That WKUK clip you included really made me feel

  • @bonafikam
    @bonafikam Před rokem +2

    I love War Profiteering.

  • @doublinx2
    @doublinx2 Před rokem +1

    Any useful gain I could see in a console war was disabused of me when I had the misfortune of opening a tweet under Playstation or Xbox

  • @ShadyPaperclips
    @ShadyPaperclips Před rokem +5

    I think console wars is fun when it's just goofy arguments over which games/services/consoles are better.
    The problem is there are a lot of deranged individuals who take it too far.
    Like that PS fanboy who started console-warring mid-surgery.
    Or like the Brazilian Xbox community 'XboxMilGrau' that got so deranged MS had to ask them to remove 'Xbox' from their channel's name (I mean they would literally make tons of racist/homophobic/sexist statements and one time even joked that the Xbox community should treat the PS community like Jews during WW2 even said they were a sub-human race, joked that slavery should've never ended, posted a image portraying White people as superior)
    That kind of console wars to me is just despicable.

  • @jokerYG
    @jokerYG Před rokem +1

    Comparing consoles wars to refrigerator wars is hilarious and accurate asf. I literally have zero real life friends that I can discuss PS/Xbox beef with 😂😂

  • @olliverferlin4082
    @olliverferlin4082 Před rokem

    5:22 "oh yeah? i own a jet powered bus!"

  • @madspunky
    @madspunky Před rokem

    Where are the two parties still at it? I love console wars too, but I hardly see any of it anymore : (

  • @tacosunbirth
    @tacosunbirth Před rokem +6

    It's always weird to me that Nintendo, one of the frontrunners of gaming, is often excluded from the modern console wars debate. I suppose people figure Nintendo caters to a seperate market than Playstation or Xbox?

    • @TZMHBT
      @TZMHBT Před rokem +3

      That and Nintendo stopped caring about making a powerful home console after the GameCube. Once they struck gold with the Wii they opted for an unique experience that ties everything together.

    • @anthonyhovens7488
      @anthonyhovens7488 Před rokem +5

      Honestly, thats exactly why i love Nintendo consoles. Its not about performance, its about being unique and taking risks. When you look at something like the switch, sure its performance is crap compared to a PS5 or Xbox *whatever nonsensical name they chose* but it offers something neither of the competition do. Seamless change between on the go and on the couch on one system. That mentality is also reflected in their games. They don't aim for top of the line, they aim for unique experiences.
      Just saying bad performance doesnt take away from that. To use the same car analogy in the video, its like trying to compare a sports car to a motorbike. They have different usecases and different forms of enjoyment.

  • @GTXDash
    @GTXDash Před rokem +1

    I don't have a horse in this race. The last console I owned that I actually liked was a GameCube (still have it and it still works). I'm now only on PC because back in the day consoles were better than PCs but at some point in the late 2000s, when I needed a PC more than just for gaming, it simply didn't make sense to own an XBox or PS3, mostly because they were actually pretty unreliable with overheating being a major issue for both machines.
    I even borrowed my firend's 360 and I had it for less than a week, and I experienced the dreaded red ring of death. Thank goodness she understood that it was a common problem and she just sent it in to get repaired. But after that I was all like "No. At least I can control airflow and cooling efficiency in a custom made PC". And other than a very cheap 2nd hand Wii I got just so that I could play Super Smash Bros Brawl, I couldn't think of a single reason why I should buy a console and also buy a new PC that I have to have anyways for work, games, hobbies, etc, instead of just buying a PC on it's own.

  • @gabrielsantosbastos5257
    @gabrielsantosbastos5257 Před rokem +1

    I like the space bugs that can throw a meteor to Buenos Aires

  • @NinjaRodent
    @NinjaRodent Před rokem +5

    It's hard to care about the console wars when I mostly just play indie games and fromsoft games on PC. It's also hard to care when most "exclusives" end up coming to PC eventually.

  • @KitsGravity
    @KitsGravity Před rokem

    Console wars mattered more when there were more exclusives back in 6th generation consoles.

  • @jiggerypokery2962
    @jiggerypokery2962 Před rokem +1

    The console war is all about love at the end of the day. True love of a console.

  • @zachstolpa6521
    @zachstolpa6521 Před rokem

    The point about the journalist aspect and how fans perceive it is something that exists tenfold in professional wrestling

  • @PaulSpades
    @PaulSpades Před rokem +1

    That's a banger outro tune.

  • @waterprincess6444
    @waterprincess6444 Před rokem +1

    The boxes will die soon, have you ever seen a sci-fi futuristic movie and seen them pop in a discs to play. 😂

  • @drpavel_
    @drpavel_ Před 4 měsíci +1

    It's half the fun of it. I've probably had more fun shitposting and arguing about consoles and video game drama than actually playing them.

  • @canis2020
    @canis2020 Před rokem +3

    Consoles are for plebes, real gamers play Doom on their microwave.

  • @nowayshay
    @nowayshay Před rokem

    Hell hole Twitter is the main battle ground for this type of never ending brain dead wars.

  • @boneatellohumerus3738
    @boneatellohumerus3738 Před rokem +1

    Kirk vs Piccard? Nah, it's all about sisko

  • @Bolt451
    @Bolt451 Před rokem +1

    The great console war ended with the treaty of 2021 between xbox and playstation with nintendo having declared neutrality after the failure of the sega dreamcast

  • @RicardoSpunkyMonkey
    @RicardoSpunkyMonkey Před rokem

    "Give war a chance!"

  • @nstar674
    @nstar674 Před rokem +1

    Console wars are fun. Some people just put too much stock into it and get upset, which can be funny to watch at least.

  • @baneblade__
    @baneblade__ Před rokem +1

    I miss the old console war because the companies got involved in the fun themselves
    These days the companies are civil and focus on themselves and the only people doing the console war shit are losers on the internet like JayTechTV

  • @admrsh
    @admrsh Před 11 měsíci +1

    Honestly it would be really funny if Xbox and PS fans team up to fight PC fans

  • @jimmyalpert5233
    @jimmyalpert5233 Před 11 měsíci +1

    The console wars made it so that exclusives on the console had to be better then one another’s. We’re kind of in a drought right now. Everything’s cross platform and most of the exclusives/single player games as of recent have been lack luster. Not sure what to say anymore

  • @pauljewett8844
    @pauljewett8844 Před rokem +1

    This guy is definitely from northern Ohio the way he kept posting browns fans and OSU v Michigan debates (I assume this, because this is my first and only video I’ve seen from this channel)

  • @ottovonstalin6595
    @ottovonstalin6595 Před rokem +1

    0:58 were is this clip from

  • @arturs3696
    @arturs3696 Před rokem +1

    Sundowner of the console wars